Crytek has posted a job listing which states the Ryse team is looking for a multiplayer producer. A resume popped up last month stating the game was headed that direction, suggesting Ruffian was “contracted” to work on that end of the development. Neither Microsoft nor Crytek have said the game will be exclusively single-player, and […]

Episode 2 of the Crackdown 2 animated series has been released, titled Evil Seed. In it, the rise of Catalina Thorne is chronicled along with how the Cell “crippled the Agency to take control of Pacific City”. Episode 3 will be released on June 4, with episodes four and five hitting on June 11 and […]

Ruffian put out a first proper gameplay trailer of Crackdown 2 trailer at the VGAs last night, showing agents gliding, co-oping and smacking the shit out of people with sign posts. Is it good? It is. The game’s out next year, 360-only. Hit the link to see why you should be excited. Get all the […]

Ruffian has detailed to VG247 the first pieces of info of the underground element of Crackdown 2 at a hands-on in Dundee last month. Creative director Billy Thomson told us that there would be nine subterranean levels in the sequel. “If you take one of the locations for a gang boss in the first game, […]

Well, that didn’t take long. We told you about Game Informer’s earth-shattering Crackdown 2 exclusive, like, two posts ago, and now the dream has become a reality. The leaked details are as follows: Pacific City, as rumored, hasn’t changed too much. But then, there’s a good reason for that. With a viral outbreak ravaging the […]

Game Informer’s lifted the lid on its next cover – it’s Crackdown 2. The mag’s second eclusive is a first look at Enslaved, Ninja Theory’s new game. The ed guys were heavily teasing this earlier this week. Someone had better get busy with the scanner. Do want.

Dundee fledgling Ruffian has posted up a first piece of concept art on its site, and it’s… a red monster thing. As Kotaku points out, this doesn’t exactly scream “Crackdown”. The developer is understood to be working on a revamp of the Realtime Worlds crime game for release in the coming year. Maybe one of […]

Update: Sorry, we boo-booed here. This is a Realtime Worlds ad, and the game’s APB. It’s an old post that’s just been refreshed. We apologise for being so shit. Thanks, TheDifficult3rdAlbum. A GI job ad posted by a Dundee developer has revealed the company is working on a 360 MMO. “Our client is one of […]

Gamasutra’s reporting that a Dundee-based developer called Ruffian Games has been founded by key Crackdown-related employees, including lead designer Billy Thomson. There’s a Flickr set here of three Ruffian staff looking at office space. In case you’re bored, like. Obviously… Crackdown 2! Or not. More through there.